Norman's Pippin
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Thought to have been imported into East Anglia from Flanders. Recorded in 1900. It was awarded the Award of Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society in 1900. Fruits have soft, greenish white flesh with a sweet, rich flavour.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Material held in the Gloucestershire Orchard Trust collection (link to website)
Material held in the Marcher Apple Network collections (Tredomen)
Size
medium 2
Type
Dessert 2
Shape
Flat globose 2
Height
51.00 mm 2
Width
63.00 mm 2
Ribbing
absent 2
Ground Colour
Green yellow 2
Russet
very low 2
Firmness
soft 2
Flesh Colour
Greenish 2
Accession name
Norman's Pippin
Flowering time
8th May 10% flowering
13th May Full (80%) flowering
21st May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Late October 1
References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register